I have the X-pipe recently installed and if I lost something, I sure don't 
notice it. The car feels stronger if anything. Here's a pic of mine:
http://home.attbi.com/~addss/motor.html

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Jeff Fischer
Lake Elmo, MN
'71 Chevelle SS, 454, 4 spd
http://home.attbi.com/~addss/chevelle.html



At 02:21 PM 5/20/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>A friend of mine has a '74 Super Duty Trans Am with the
>Dr. Gas 3" exhaust system and X-pipe, and he loves it.
>He did quite a bit of research before installing it and
>I'm sure if there was something as negative as a loss of
>30 lb-ft he would've found out and said something.  I'll
>pass along your message to him; he might be able to help
>you out.
>
>Is the loss of 30 lb-ft related to the reduced
>backpressure and increased cylinder scavenging?
>
>Brad O.
>
> > I've got a 70 SS, 396, 4 speed with stock exhaust manifolds. I want to put
> > an X pipe on it but have been advised that it will knock 30 pounds of 
> torque
> > out of the engine. Does anyone know anything about this???


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